Kojima Name Generator

Codenames and characters in Hideo Kojima's style

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Generate names the way Hideo Kojima writes them: weapon-plus-animal codenames like Revolver Ocelot, emotion names like The Sorrow, on-the-nose Death Stranding names like Die-Hardman, and full cast names from Metal Gear, Snatcher, Policenauts and Zone of the Enders.

About Kojima names

Hideo Kojima names characters like nobody else in games, and his habits are easy to learn. The most famous formula is weapon or trait plus animal: Revolver Ocelot, Sniper Wolf, Psycho Mantis, Vulcan Raven, Decoy Octopus, with the Snake line (Solid, Liquid, Naked, Venom) at the centre. Metal Gear Solid 3 added the Cobra Unit, each member named for the emotion they carry into battle (The Sorrow, The Fear, The Pain, The Fury, The End, The Joy), and MGS4 crossed the two ideas for the Beauty and the Beast unit: Laughing Octopus, Raging Raven, Crying Wolf, Screaming Mantis.

The other Kojima signature is the name that says exactly what the character is, delivered completely straight. Death Stranding gave us Sam Porter Bridges, a porter who works for Bridges; Die-Hardman, who does not die; Deadman, Heartman, Fragile and Mama. Peace Walker had Hot Coldman. Snatcher's Random Hajile is Elijah spelled backwards, Policenauts borrowed from Lethal Weapon, and Zone of the Enders reached for Egyptian gods (Jehuty, Anubis). Even the mechs follow suit: REX, RAY, Shagohod.

This list mixes canon names from across his catalogue with original names built the same way, so you can name a boss unit, a PMC operative, a porter, a noir detective or a bipedal weapon without breaking the house style.

How to choose Kojima names

  • For a boss squad, pick one naming rule and apply it to everyone: all weapon-animal, all emotions with "The," or all verb-ing plus animal. Kojima's units feel coherent because each unit follows a single formula.
  • The animal should hint at the fighting style. An ocelot is quick and plays with its prey, a mantis hides in plain sight, a raven watches from above; match the creature to the character's tactics.
  • On-the-nose names work only if the delivery is deadpan. Call the medic Deadman and never wink at the audience.
  • Give the protagonist two names: a plain civilian name (Jack, Sam, David, Hal) and a legendary codename (Raiden, Sam Porter Bridges, Solid Snake, Otacon); the gap between them is where the drama lives.
  • Echo, reverse or pun on an existing name for a hidden-identity character, the way Random Hajile hides Elijah and Solidus sits between Solid and Liquid.

Frequently asked questions

What makes a name sound like a Kojima name?

Usually one of three patterns: a modifier plus an animal (Revolver Ocelot, Sniper Wolf), "The" plus an emotion or concept (The Sorrow, The End), or a literal description treated as a proper name (Die-Hardman, Deadman, Sam Porter Bridges). Short mononyms like Quiet, Fragile and Raiden round out the style.

Does this generator include names from Death Stranding and Zone of the Enders as well as Metal Gear?

Yes. Alongside the Metal Gear cast you will find Death Stranding names (Sam Porter Bridges, Higgs Monaghan, Lockne, Dollman), Snatcher and Policenauts characters (Gillian Seed, Random Hajile, Jonathan Ingram), Zone of the Enders (Jehuty, Leo Stenbuck, Dingo Egret) and Boktai (Django, Sabata), plus hundreds of originals in each of those registers.

Why are so many Kojima names animals?

FOXHOUND, the special-forces unit in Metal Gear, gave its operatives animal codenames, and Kojima extended the idea to each game's boss roster. The animal signals the character's specialty at a glance and makes the boss fights feel like a bestiary, which is why the pattern stuck across the series.

Can I use these names for my own game, fan fiction or tabletop campaign?

Canon names are best kept for fan works and references, since the characters belong to Konami and Kojima Productions. The original codenames, emotion names and full names in this list are free to use for your own operatives, bosses and porters.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 17 names

  • ADA
  • Ada Lineman Strand
  • Adamska
  • Admiral Corrin Blaise
  • Ahab
  • Ahtnamas Nerraw
  • Akiba
  • Aleksandr Granin
  • Amanda Valenciano Libre
  • Ambush Adder
  • Amelie Strand
  • Amos Redding
  • Anchor
  • Anubis
  • Anvil Rhino
  • Ashman
  • Assassin Tanuki

B: 39 names

  • Backdoor Ferret
  • BAHRAM
  • Ballast
  • Bandolier Bobcat
  • Bayonet Vulture
  • Beachman
  • Beauty and the Beast Unit
  • Benson Cunningham
  • Bernard Koenig
  • Beyond Coast
  • Big Boss
  • Big Mama
  • Big Shell
  • Bioroid
  • Bipedal Unit Kestrel
  • Bipedal Unit Osprey
  • Black Django
  • Blackbag Bear
  • Bleeding Heron
  • Blind Mole
  • Bohr Castellan
  • Boson Caldwell
  • Boss Lion
  • Bracken
  • Breach Beaver
  • Breathing Whale
  • Breech Badger
  • Bridge Baby
  • Bridgeman
  • Bridges
  • Bridget Strand
  • Brittle
  • BT Catcher
  • BT Hunter
  • BT Lion
  • BT Squid
  • BT Whale
  • Burn-Notice Buzzard
  • Burning Phoenix

C: 40 names

  • Cackling Magpie
  • Caltrop Owl
  • Camp Omega
  • Capital Knot City
  • Captain Rook Adler
  • Carbine Lynx
  • Carmilla
  • Cassius Bloom
  • Cecile Cosima Caminades
  • Celia Marsh
  • Chain Python
  • Chandra Vale
  • Chief Engineer Oduya
  • Chiral Man
  • Chlorine Toad
  • Choking Cormorant
  • Chrysalis
  • Cinder
  • Cipher
  • Cipher Hyena
  • Cipher Snake
  • Ciphertext Sloth
  • Claymore Boar
  • Clifford Unger
  • Clockman
  • Cobra Unit
  • Cocoon
  • Code Talker
  • Cold Warmley
  • Cole Hauler Bridges
  • Colonel Halvard Kest
  • Commander Veda Lysander
  • Cordite Fox
  • Cormac Doyle
  • Crawling Centipede
  • Crossbow Tapir
  • Crying Wolf
  • Cunningham
  • Curie Halvorsen
  • Cutout Caracal

D: 29 names

  • Dainn
  • Dave Forrest
  • Dead Cell
  • Dead-Drop Dove
  • Deadman
  • Deaf Bat
  • Decibel Cicada
  • Decoy Octopus
  • Defilade Deer
  • Dexter Hale
  • Diamond Dogs
  • Die-Hardman
  • Dingo Egret
  • Dirac Vance
  • Django
  • Dollman
  • Donald Anderson
  • Doppler Lecoeur
  • Doppler Whale
  • Dr. Amara Singh-Vale
  • Dr. Ingrid Halle
  • Dr. Lucan Strand
  • Dr. Marisol Venn
  • Dr. Tobias Brenner
  • Drawbridge
  • Drebin 893
  • Drift
  • Drum Gorilla
  • Dry Waterford

E: 11 names

  • Ecurb Reltub
  • Ed Brown
  • Eli Bearer Knots
  • Elias Marr
  • Elisa
  • Ember
  • Enfilade Elk
  • Euler Vasquez
  • Eva
  • Extraction Eagle
  • Ezra Courier Strand

F: 19 names

  • Faraday Oduya
  • Fasting Monk
  • Fathom
  • Fatman
  • Feedback Magpie
  • Felix Ranger
  • Fermi Halloran
  • Ferryman
  • Feynman Oyelaran
  • Flank Finch
  • Flashbang Stork
  • Flicker
  • Fortune
  • FOXHOUND
  • Fragile
  • Fragile Express
  • Frame Runner Imhotep
  • Frank Jaeger
  • Full Emptyman

G: 15 names

  • Galileo Rourke
  • Garrote Weasel
  • Gasping Toad
  • Gauss Lindqvist
  • Gauze
  • Gekko
  • Gene
  • General Ansel Graye
  • Gideon Vale
  • Gillian Seed
  • Glassman
  • Gray Fox
  • Grenadier Pangolin
  • Grinning Gecko
  • Groznyj Grad

H: 23 names

  • Hal Emmerich
  • Halogen Viper
  • Hammer Bison
  • Hardman
  • Harlan Spade
  • Harpoon Walrus
  • Harry Benson
  • Hawking Delacroix
  • Heartman
  • Heisenberg Marlow
  • Higgs Calloway
  • Higgs Monaghan
  • Hissing Ibis
  • Hollow
  • Hollow Snake
  • Holly Jung
  • Homo Demens
  • Honeytrap Hornet
  • Hot Coldman
  • Howitzer Bison
  • Howling Jackal
  • Hubble Thorne
  • Huey Emmerich

I: 5 names

  • Imani Tether Cross
  • Infrared Panther
  • Iris Vale
  • Iron Softly
  • Ishmael

J: 11 names

  • Jean-Jack Gibson
  • Jehuty
  • Joan Halliday
  • Johnny Sasaki
  • Jonah Keel
  • Jonah Packer Ties
  • Jonathan Ingram
  • Jude Carrier Bridges
  • Jude Kessler
  • June Carrier Knots
  • Junker HQ

K: 14 names

  • Karen Hojo
  • Katrina Gibson
  • Kazuhira Miller
  • Kelvin Adeyemi
  • Ken Marinaris
  • Kenneth Baker
  • Kepler Sato
  • Kerosene Moth
  • Kessler Graves
  • Kind Cruelman
  • Kindling
  • Knot
  • Knot City
  • Kuiper Lindgren

L: 28 names

  • La Li Lu Le Lo
  • Landmine Armadillo
  • Lantern
  • Lantern Anglerfish
  • Laplace Ingram
  • Laughing Hyena
  • Laughing Octopus
  • Lazlo Fenn
  • Leinad Ssorc
  • Lena Voss
  • Leo Stenbuck
  • Les Enfants Terribles
  • LEV Raptor
  • LEV Vanguard
  • Lidar Falcon
  • Lieutenant Sable Marchetti
  • Liquid Ocelot
  • Liquid Snake
  • Lisa
  • Lita
  • Little John
  • Lockman
  • Lockne
  • Loud Quietus
  • Lucy Strand
  • Ludens
  • Ludens Prime
  • Lumis

M: 29 names

  • Mailman
  • Major Ines Tobar
  • Major Zero
  • Mama
  • Mapman
  • Marlow Quinn
  • Maxwell Brandt
  • Mei Ling
  • Mercury Cobra
  • Meryl Silverburgh
  • Metal Gear HOLLOW
  • Metal Gear LAMENT
  • Metal Gear ORYX
  • Metal Gear RAY
  • Metal Gear REX
  • Metal Gear SABLE
  • Metal Gear ZEKE
  • Metatron
  • Microdot Mole
  • Mika Slayton
  • Mild Firestone
  • Militaires Sans Frontières
  • Mina Linker Chiral
  • Mirror Cuttlefish
  • Modem Pigeon
  • Mortar Jackal
  • Mother Base
  • Murmuring Owl
  • Mute Canary

N: 19 names

  • Nadia Creed
  • Naked Jehuty
  • Naked Snake
  • Naomi Hunter
  • Napalm Pelican
  • Nastasha Romanenko
  • Needle Porcupine
  • Neil Vana
  • Neo Kobe
  • Neutron Tortoise
  • Newton Ashby
  • Nico Trekker Bridges
  • Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov
  • Nohman
  • Nomis Rekab
  • Norman
  • Nosaj Eniap
  • Null
  • Nurse Joy Harrow

O: 15 names

  • Ocelot's Shadow
  • Old Youngblood
  • Olga Gurlukovich
  • Oort Mendez
  • Orbital Frame Ardjet
  • Orbital Frame Bast
  • Orbital Frame Maat
  • Orbital Frame Nephthys
  • Orbital Frame Sekhmet
  • Orbital Frame Sobek
  • Oriana Hale
  • Otacon
  • Otenko
  • Outer Heaven
  • Overwatch Osprey

P: 24 names

  • Panting Boar
  • Pascal Ferreira
  • Paz Ortega Andrade
  • Peace Sentinel
  • Peace Walker
  • Penrose Okafor
  • Pequod
  • Peter Stillman
  • Phantom Pain
  • Phantom Snake
  • Philanthropy
  • Phosphor Gecko
  • Photon Kestrel
  • Piers Abbott
  • Planck Moreau
  • Plasma Mantis
  • Porter Wren Bridges
  • Private First Class Tamsin Reed
  • Professor Ilya Severin
  • Psycho Mantis
  • Pulse
  • Punished Snake
  • Pupa
  • Python

Q: 2 names

  • Quiet
  • Quiver

R: 22 names

  • Radar Bat
  • Rafe Saldana
  • Raging Raven
  • Raiden
  • Rainy
  • Ramon Galvez Mena
  • Random Hajile
  • Razor Swordfish
  • Recon Raccoon
  • Red Durathror
  • Relay
  • Revolver Ocelot
  • Rex Kincaid
  • Richard Ames
  • Ricochet Rook
  • Riemann Solace
  • Ringo
  • Ronan Slate
  • Ropeman
  • Rosemary
  • Roy Campbell
  • Ruth Wayfarer Strand

S: 51 names

  • Sabata
  • Sabre Condor
  • Sahelanthropus
  • Saltman
  • Sam Porter Bridges
  • Scalpel Mantis
  • Schrodinger Ness
  • Scope Sandpiper
  • Screaming Mantis
  • Seething Vulture
  • Sergeant Cephalopod
  • Sergeant Pike Morrow
  • Sergei Gurlukovich
  • Shadow Moses
  • Shagohod
  • Sharp Bluntley
  • Short Longfellow
  • Shotgun Civet
  • Shrapnel Hawk
  • Shrieking Kestrel
  • Shuddering Crane
  • Sighing Egret
  • Silencer Shrike
  • Simone Tarrant
  • Skull Face
  • Skulls Parasite Unit
  • Sleeping Bear
  • Sleet
  • Smirking Badger
  • Smoke Chameleon
  • Smokescreen Stoat
  • Snarling Lynx
  • Snatcher
  • Sneering Hyena
  • Sniper Wolf
  • Sobbing Viper
  • Sol Ferrier Strand
  • Solano
  • Solid Snake
  • Solidus Snake
  • Sonar Dolphin
  • Splinter
  • Static
  • Static Heron
  • Static Snake
  • Stiletto Crane
  • Stitch
  • Strangelove
  • Sunny Emmerich
  • Suppressor Swift
  • Sweet Sorrowman

T: 55 names

  • Tachyon Sparrow
  • Tall Shortridge
  • Tamsin Okonkwo
  • Tarman
  • Tasha Blackwood
  • Tatyana
  • Telex Crow
  • Tesla Mbeki
  • Tether
  • The Absence
  • The Ache
  • The Blight
  • The Boss
  • The Calm
  • The Doubt
  • The Dread
  • The Drowning
  • The End
  • The Envy
  • The Famine
  • The Fear
  • The Fury
  • The Grief
  • The Hunger
  • The Hush
  • The Joy
  • The Lament
  • The Longing
  • The Mercy
  • The Mourning
  • The Pain
  • The Patriots
  • The Pity
  • The Porter Who Returned
  • The Regret
  • The Ruin
  • The Shame
  • The Shiver
  • The Silence
  • The Sorrow
  • The Spite
  • The Stillness
  • The Thirst
  • The Wrath
  • Theo Runner Ropes
  • Thermal Marten
  • Thimbleman
  • Thread
  • Tide
  • Timefall
  • Tomorrow
  • Tracer Ibis
  • Trembling Hare
  • Trigger Tern
  • Tripwire Egret

U: 3 names

  • Ultraviolet Swan
  • UNSF
  • Ursula

V: 10 names

  • Vamp
  • Vance Lorimer
  • Venom Snake
  • Vesper
  • Vesper Lindqvist
  • Vic Viper
  • Vic Viper Mk.II
  • Victor Rainer
  • Viola
  • Vulcan Raven

W: 12 names

  • Wailing Stork
  • Walker Gear Sparrow
  • Walker Gear Wren
  • Warm Frostman
  • Warrant Officer Blaine
  • Weapon to Surpass Metal Gear
  • Weeping Heron
  • Weyl Brannigan
  • Whispering Moth
  • Wire Tarantula
  • Wireman
  • Wren Stringer Strand

X: 1 name

  • XOF

Y: 2 names

  • Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin
  • Ynnej Remlap

Z: 4 names

  • Zanzibar Land
  • Zazie
  • Zero's Widow
  • Zohar